Improvement in apparatus for washing printed or bleached goods



B. G. BRUKS.

Ppparatus for Washing Printed or Bleached Goods.

Patented Feb. 4,1873.

Naf 135,518

Mmmmwmmms UNITED STATES BENJAM'IMQBROOKS, OE MANCHESTER, `NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR WASHING PRINTED 0R BLEACHED GOODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,518-, datedFebruary 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. BROOKS, of Manchester, in the county ofHillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certainImprovements in Machines for Washing Piece-Goods, of which the followingis a specification My improvement relates, mainly, to the constructionofthe water-box, which is provided with one or more partitions or wearsby means of which the height and velocity of the water are regulated,the foul water carried off, and pure water admitted; also in anapparatus for regulating the tension of the cloth as it passes throughthe Water, in order that light and delicate fabrics may be washedwithout being subjected to heavy strain.

The machine is intended for Washing printed or bleached goods, a largenumber of pieces being sewed end to end, forming one continuous lengthor chain; and it is very desirablel that the Washing be rapid, and thatthe drugs, dirt, and all impurities be at once carried out of thewash-box.

By the common mode of Washing piecegoods, the whole body of water in thetank or cistern is pervaded by the impurities, and to force these olf agreat quantity of water is required. My machine does the'work with muchless water, more rapidly, and With a very great saving of power, thislast being the result, in part, of the mode of guiding and directing thecloth, together with the manner of adjusting and regulating the tensionof the goods. The flow of the water is in a direction opposite to theprogressive motion of the endless band or line of piece-goods.

In the drawing, making a part of this specication, Figure I is asectional and end view of the machine. Fig. II is a front elevation.

The ends of the Water-box W, or a frame attached thereto, afford supportto the rollers,

the beater, the quadrant-gears, and other attached parts. The box isdivided lengthwise by the Wear H, the space between it and the side ofthe box being supplied with Water by the inlet-pipe N. From the top ofthe Wear a concave bottom, Q, extends to the top of a partition, I, thatis parallel to the wear H, and of the same length. A narrow horizontalshelf between the partition H and the concave bottom Q supports theseries of guide-rods M M. At ahout'one-half the height of the partitionH there is a horizontal partition, K, extending the Whole length of themachine. This has numerous perforations, L, through which the waterpasses that is supplied by the feedpipe N. The foulwater flows ofi' atthe discharge-pipe P. The gear B, supported in the frame T, drives theattached roller A and the pinion S, and the latter turns the beater G.The top roller B rests upon the roller A, and is turned by friction withit. The adjustable roller D and the fixed roller J above the perforatedpartition K extend the Whole length of the machine, and are deeplyluted, as represented in Fig. I. The roller J keeps the cloth inposition and at the right height. It is turn-ed by the cloth as itpasses forward. The quadrant-gears E E' support the iluted roller D inbearings at each end. These gears are turned forward or back by thecrank. and

Apinion C F. This imparts curvilinear motion to the roller D, andproduces more or less tension upon the cloth. When the strain isproperly adjusted, the pin O holds the quadrantgears in place.

The cloth to be cleansed is represented in heavy broken lines at Y, Fig.I. The arrows show the direction of its motion. The cloth is prit intothe machine by passing the end un der the fixed roller J, the beater G,the adjustable roller D, and between the top rollers A and B. Betweenthe roller .J and the beater G it passes through the spaces of theguidepins M M', &c.

It will be noticed that the cloth has alateral motion in the machine,for as each successive turn enters a separate space between the pins Mit has a spiral movement, gaining one pin at each revolution of thecloth. The top roller B should be heavy enough to insure firm contactwith the cloth that lies upon. thelower or driving roller A, in orderthat the cloth may be carried forward with a steady and uniform motion.VThe cloth runs but a little below the surface of the water, and theremeets a rapid current flowing toward the Wear I and outlet-pipe P.

The machine may be driven by belt and pulleys, as shown in Fig. II; butgears are preferred.

The partition K, with its apertures L L', is for the purpose ofydiffusing the Water and rendering its 'now uniform throughout the'-Whole length of the machine.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

l. A water box or tank containing two vertical partitions or Wearsparallel to each other and near to the opposite sides of the box, andhaving between them a concave bottom, G, asl geiein described, and forthe purpose speci- 2. The combination of the double Wears and concavebottom with the inlet and outlet pipes,

